Sharpe saying we are due to have talks with Downing... Has he gone mad?

I'd take Carrol on a pay as you play but I can definatley see him at a club like Burnley.

Isn't Austin out of contract anyway?

Thought he looked more than capable at passing and shooting when given a run in the side.

Not going to deny that losing Dack would be a massive loss but there is an obvious replacement in Roth with Arma and Chapman either side.

Surely that should be no yardstick for future purchases though...

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2019/05/26/report-blackburn-plotting-5m-bid-for-southamptons-sam-gallagher/ Nixon linking us with Gallagher? 5 Mill seems a bit steep for someone who's hardly played or scored in the past 12 months.

Can't see this Maher one being a goer. Wages will get inflated, his agent will be shopping him around everywhere.

Who's to say he isn't better than Nuttall?

Will go to Ibrox for this one.

Ultra short term impact I don't think you can do better than Stead. Within 5 months pretty much kept us up, for peanuts from Hudds. Fair to say if he hadn't have signed and scored those goals we'd have been nailed on for relegation and we'd have never seen the likes of Bellamy... Though Bellers is one of my favourite ever Rovers players. I've seen him do things no other Rovers player has ever done, including Shearer.

Rhodes is sh*te.

So we're not signing Luca Toni then?

Oi! Mystic Meg! What's next lottery numbers???

Direct competition doesn't sound like an upgrade in a position that has costed us loads of points. It's just another wage added on the wage bill without significant improvement. Raya is a decent keeper but I don't see him being any better than that. Fair enough, he's pulled off some good saves in the past few season but that should be the requirement of any goalkeeper at this standard... Even Leutweiler pulled off some decent ones at Norwich and I recall Simon Eastwood pulling off a few too... Doesn't mean any of them are or were good enough to be in a promotion pushing side. I do agree that people are being a tad sentimental about him.

He might, he might not but if the money is right we can cash in and probably upgrade for less and reinvest elsewhere.

I'd sell Raya for decent money in a heartbeat. Easily replaceable.

For those mentioning Aribo... He's been linked with much bigger clubs than us. Good player.

So we're going to end up with a bloated squad contrary to what the manager has only just been saying recently about us not being to sign player after player. How on earth does Samuel and Gladwin fit into the picture for minutes? Especially when it's likely another forward will be coming in.

He used to play for KFC so at least he'll have no problem with Venkys paying him in chicken.

We need an obvious upgrade IMO, else it's just wasted wages.

Still has a year left on his contract by looks of it.

Be a great signing IMV

Where has this Ruddy rumour come from?

Just my opinion but I wouldn't want Hanley back. A season on the bench, clearly likes a drink, I think we need to look to do better than that.